Aspen Skiing Co. officials and a couple hundred well-wishers gathered Tuesday at Willoughby Park to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the christening of the original Lift 1 on Aspen Mountain.
A few hundred people attended a 75th anniversary party Tuesday at Willoughby Park in Aspen to mark the original dedication of Aspen Moutain’s Lift 1 on Jan. 11, 1947.
Aspen Mayor Torre reflected recently on the work done in the municipal government in the past year, while functioning with a continuous pandemic disrupting everyday life in Aspen. “This council is really doing a lot and I am happy to say that we are moving forward on the issues,” Torre said, recognizing that the goals of affordable housing and child care, as well as environmental stewardship are being carried into 2022.
Picture a street lined with houses: on one end, the home of someone struggling with their mental health; on the other, the “house of suicide,” the Aspen comedian and writer Miller Ford suggested during a…